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**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-how-do-i-know-youre-not-dead-if-you-dont-call/391604 "2007-03-03T20:22:23Z")
So here it is, 4:20 in the morning. Talked to BF at 1 and he said “We’re almost done playing Axis and Allies, I’ll be over soon.” “How soon?” “I dunno, soon.” Well, his “soon” is pretty loose if there’s nothing speci… --- ## [Looking for BEAUTY & THE BEAST type stories in which Beast wins without a makeover.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-beauty-the-beast-type-stories-in-which-beast-wins-without-a-makeover/626158)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-beauty-the-beast-type-stories-in-which-beast-wins-without-a-makeover/626158 "2012-06-26T20:36:07Z")
In case the thread title is not clear, here is what I mean. I’m looking for stories in which a beautiful/handsome person competes with an ugly/monstrous person for the affections of a third, in which the beloved chooses … --- ## [Lingering ashtray breath on ex-smokers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingering-ashtray-breath-on-ex-smokers/501255)
**Author:** [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingering-ashtray-breath-on-ex-smokers/501255 "2009-06-29T19:09:41Z")
I’m trying to quit smoking via will power. I occasionally use nicotine replacements like gum but don’t like the side effects so it’s mostly just cutting down and weaning myself off. I had started up a conversation with … --- ## [I was asked to participate in a 4 way last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-asked-to-participate-in-a-4-way-last-night/656857)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-asked-to-participate-in-a-4-way-last-night/656857 "2013-05-25T06:13:49Z")
I visited a good friend last night who I haven’t seen in months. He knows I’m recently separated, so it was a good excuse to invite me over for some laughs. I’ve never been to his new house nor met his relatively new S… --- ## [Peruvian hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peruvian-hair/637202)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peruvian-hair/637202 "2012-10-19T16:14:51Z")
Reported. --- ## [If it wasnt for Columbus...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-wasnt-for-columbus/768164)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-wasnt-for-columbus/768164 "2016-10-13T14:09:23Z")
How long do you think it would have taken Europe to rediscover the Americas? I’m no historian but it seems to me that others would also have tried sailing eastward with the hope of discovering new lands or passageways t… --- ## [Court Packing: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Around Again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-packing-an-idea-whose-time-has-come-around-again/797916)
**Author:** [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-packing-an-idea-whose-time-has-come-around-again/797916 "2017-10-07T05:52:42Z")
People are worried that if one more Supreme Court vacancy comes up during Trump’s term, it could solidify a fascist majority on the Court for decades to come. But how worried do we really need to be? The next time the D… --- ## [Greatest American elimination game (setup thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-setup-thread/527145)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-setup-thread/527145 "2010-02-10T15:09:59Z")
Inspired by this thread, The President Elimination Game - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board, and this contest, The Greatest American - Wikipedia. Who was the greatest American? You may nominate up to five not… --- ## [Foibles and Quirks about Makes of Cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foibles-and-quirks-about-makes-of-cars/748844)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foibles-and-quirks-about-makes-of-cars/748844 "2016-03-21T23:48:34Z")
The Mercedes I bought has one windshield wiper–right in the middle. (“cyclops.”) The Citroën has a steering wheel with only one spoke. What other car makes have oddities in their design? --- ## [Will driving a car in extremely cold weather damage it \[need answer fast\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-driving-a-car-in-extremely-cold-weather-damage-it-need-answer-fast/678099)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-driving-a-car-in-extremely-cold-weather-damage-it-need-answer-fast/678099 "2014-01-08T22:25:32Z")
My definition of extremely cold may not be other people’s, but if the temps are -15F to -25F, and the windchill is -40F to -60F can driving a car damage it in any way at those temperatures? Assume it has 5w20 oil and a … --- ## [Do you think Nolan Ryan used steroids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-nolan-ryan-used-steroids/446336)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-nolan-ryan-used-steroids/446336 "2014-05-19T05:48:40Z")
This thread is not meant to bash Nolan Ryan. I was a big fan of his when I watched him late in his career; he remains for me one of the greatest power pitchers ever (note the emphasis on the word “power”; I realize he i… --- ## [obviously gay christian men in the closet...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obviously-gay-christian-men-in-the-closet/557317)
**Author:** [@PennyGaunjworth\_of\_chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PennyGaunjworth_of_chicago)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obviously-gay-christian-men-in-the-closet/557317 "2010-10-21T02:52:05Z")
…thoughts? --- ## [When the first and second amendment collide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-first-and-second-amendment-collide/793493)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-first-and-second-amendment-collide/793493 "2017-08-19T15:46:31Z")
About, of course, the Charlottesville attacks. Prior to the march the ACLU defended–with my approval–the right of the alt-right to march in their preferred location in Charlottesville. But last night, a bunch of them s… --- ## [What if William the Norman had not conquered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-william-the-norman-had-not-conquered/598684)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-william-the-norman-had-not-conquered/598684 "2011-10-08T16:44:37Z")
Suppose, in 1066, Harald Hardrada of Norway had for whatever reason decided not to invade England that year. Harold Godwinsson, not worn out with defeating Harald, could have faced William with a fresh force and, perhap… --- ## [Kindergarten son having trouble staying on task](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindergarten-son-having-trouble-staying-on-task/532130)
**Author:** [@Theodore\_Striker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theodore_Striker)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindergarten-son-having-trouble-staying-on-task/532130 "2010-03-15T05:19:38Z")
Over the past few months, Mrs. S and I have been working with our son, a typical “boy’s boy”, on his behavior at school. He is a bright and perceptive kid, but his fine motor skills are a little lacking, he is more than … --- ## [Why did the sun get hot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-sun-get-hot/677684)
**Author:** [@Cerealbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerealbox)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-sun-get-hot/677684 "2014-01-04T17:37:53Z")
From a straight dope article, but not really a comment on it: So I get why nuclear fusion causes heat output. But how does being condensed cause heat? Sorry if this is a dumb question. --- ## [Where is the "Gangs of New York" graveyard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gangs-of-new-york-graveyard/344686)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gangs-of-new-york-graveyard/344686 "2023-09-10T15:32:06Z")
There’s a graveyard shown at the end of the movie. I was curious as to if it’s real and who’s buried there? --- ## [How Much Do Crane Operators Make?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-crane-operators-make/275092)
**Author:** [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-crane-operators-make/275092 "2014-02-04T02:15:37Z")
I work in downtown DC near the old Woodies department store building and there are two large cranes that I was watching just now. They are close enough that I think their booms could collide if they swung together at th… --- ## [Springsteen and Super Bowl halftime.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-and-super-bowl-halftime/484060)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-and-super-bowl-halftime/484060 "2009-02-12T09:26:28Z")
What a bunch of total crap. How does this guy get anything? Shouting into a microphone isn’t singing. A career built on a drummer that has about 3 variations of nothing else but heavy backbeats??? Pathetic. Same songs… --- ## [Anyone else not eat fish or seafood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-eat-fish-or-seafood/554604)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-eat-fish-or-seafood/554604 "2010-09-29T23:04:36Z")
I noticed that nice places to eat have a large chunk of their menu as fish or seafood which means my options are normally cut by ~50% to start. I guess I am just not the typical person that goes to those places. I… --- ## [Parents who try to control their kids' lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-who-try-to-control-their-kids-lives/262237)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-who-try-to-control-their-kids-lives/262237 "2011-07-25T04:55:06Z")
in MPSIMS there is currently a thread on a girl who is with a Jewish boyfriend. His mother has humiliated her, and insulted her for not being Jewish. I just wanted to pit all parents like that, including my own: I’m tel… --- ## [If Bush's flaws are so blindingly obvious... why is he even in the running?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bushs-flaws-are-so-blindingly-obvious-why-is-he-even-in-the-running/263921)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2004, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bushs-flaws-are-so-blindingly-obvious-why-is-he-even-in-the-running/263921 "2004-10-04T09:35:46Z")
I’ve participated recently in a couple of somewhat contentious threads about aspects of the Bush presidency. In the past four years, this board has, in the majority, been very vocal about the flaws of the administration… --- ## [U.S. soldiers formed militia to assassinate Obama, overthrow the government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-soldiers-formed-militia-to-assassinate-obama-overthrow-the-government/633036)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-soldiers-formed-militia-to-assassinate-obama-overthrow-the-government/633036 "2012-08-31T04:09:17Z")
No, really. And more: “There is no cannibalism or necrophilia at all in the Royal Navy. And when I say none at all, I do mean that there is a certain amount, more than we are prepared to admit . . .” The politics o… --- ## [Can a .22LR bullet breach a Zombie skull? lets find out...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-22lr-bullet-breach-a-zombie-skull-lets-find-out/497506)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-22lr-bullet-breach-a-zombie-skull-lets-find-out/497506 "2009-05-29T17:55:54Z")
This afternoon, I decided to test the theory that a .22LR round could take out a Zombie with a well-placed headshot Rifle: H&R single-shot .22LR carbine with 18" barrel Ammo: Federal Bulk hollowpoints (550 round bulk… --- ## [Why do my wireless routers always die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-wireless-routers-always-die/538089)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-wireless-routers-always-die/538089 "2018-11-09T06:28:51Z")
And can they be fixed? Wireless routers always last, say, a year and a half in this house. Then they start needing to be restarted all the damned time and I buy a new one. This one is a Belkin F5D7234-4 v. 1. I looke… --- ## [50 Shades Projected To Do $90 Mil in Opening Weekend in US, $158 Mil Overseas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-shades-projected-to-do-90-mil-in-opening-weekend-in-us-158-mil-overseas/712771)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-shades-projected-to-do-90-mil-in-opening-weekend-in-us-158-mil-overseas/712771 "2015-03-01T03:46:42Z")
Awww. All the pretentious movie reviewers discover once again that nobody listens to them, because they were bagging on the movie while it was still a book. Too bad, so sad, movie critics E.L. James and fans will be lau… --- ## [In which you tell your fellow Dopers five things they'd never have guessed about you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-you-tell-your-fellow-dopers-five-things-theyd-never-have-guessed-about-you/363975)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-you-tell-your-fellow-dopers-five-things-theyd-never-have-guessed-about-you/363975 "2006-07-31T19:22:32Z")
True things, dammit. I’ll start: I’ve never seen “Stripes” or “Caddyshack” all the way through. I’ve been completely drunk only twice in my life. My older sister and I fought all the time as children; the day I got a … --- ## [Can this be the work of a hawk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-be-the-work-of-a-hawk/668779)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-be-the-work-of-a-hawk/668779 "2013-09-17T00:58:19Z")
A family member found the carcass of a headless rabbit on top of her car last night. Her father suggested that it may have been left there by a hawk. However, she was involved in a vehicular collision recently in which a… --- ## [Offensive English translation of Arnold Schwarzenegger's last name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensive-english-translation-of-arnold-schwarzeneggers-last-name/382134)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensive-english-translation-of-arnold-schwarzeneggers-last-name/382134 "2010-07-27T18:35:38Z")
With a couple race-related threads running around in other forums, I’m reminded of something I heard whispered in German class long ago: that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s last name translates into English roughly as Arnold “B… --- ## [Jesus and the woman taken in adultry: Where was the guy???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-and-the-woman-taken-in-adultry-where-was-the-guy/695033)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-and-the-woman-taken-in-adultry-where-was-the-guy/695033 "2014-08-08T23:21:25Z")
This has always bugged the hell out of me. How in God’s green grasses did this woman commit adultery all by herself? Why was the guy not brought before Jesus? Was he just allowed to skip la-de-da back to his three wives… --- ## [Non-USers: how familiar are you with this speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-users-how-familiar-are-you-with-this-speech/619440)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-users-how-familiar-are-you-with-this-speech/619440 "2024-05-15T02:46:48Z")
I’m not gonna name the speech in the thread title because of the bias it introduces (only people who know the speech would open the thread), but there’s a pretty good chance that a lot of you will guess what speech I’m g… --- ## [Ferry Sinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferry-sinks/686248)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferry-sinks/686248 "2023-08-04T09:39:40Z")
Happened today. Ferry sank in South Korea. Most of the passengers are high school students on a long-weekend holiday. --- ## [cataract surgery and monovision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataract-surgery-and-monovision/322802)
**Author:** [@Amethyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amethyst)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataract-surgery-and-monovision/322802 "2022-11-30T19:42:08Z")
I have premature cataracts (I’m under 40 - barely), and I’m in the midst of having cataract surgeries (ie one eye is done and the other isn’t). I have less than 2 weeks before they do my left (non-dominant) eye. I hav… --- ## [things movies get wrong about your industry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-movies-get-wrong-about-your-industry/500181)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-movies-get-wrong-about-your-industry/500181 "2009-06-23T07:37:47Z")
As an “insider”, what’s most often misplayed, mischaracterized, etc. in interests of “dramatic license” in movies and TV shows when they touch on your industry? For example… I work in public & media relations… I always … --- ## [Conservative policy successes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-policy-successes/667234)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-policy-successes/667234 "2013-08-31T21:39:47Z")
What are some conservative policies that have clearly been successful in the United States? Feel free to dispute (this is GD after all) --- ## [What the hell just happened to my car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-just-happened-to-my-car/683981)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-just-happened-to-my-car/683981 "2014-09-21T00:24:20Z")
2007 Hyundai Sonata. Today at work the ‘esc off’ light came on, which is the emergency traction light. So I assumed this was related to a flat tire I got a couple weeks ago, supposedly if one tire has too little air pres… --- ## [The "How many would be scary" Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756 "2002-10-29T21:45:10Z")
While reading third graders papers at work, I thought of a new completely pointless game. They were writing about frogs, and a few commented on there were so many frogs that it was scary. So I thought about that and now … --- ## [When Ugly Girls Read](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-ugly-girls-read/88909)
**Author:** [@Bossk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bossk)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-ugly-girls-read/88909 "2001-11-02T14:23:05Z")
Not a rant, just a poll: Has anyone anywhere since history began ever seen an attractive woman reading a Harlequin-style romance novel? Twenty years in bookstores, coffee shops, libraries, parks, etc. I’ve never seen i… --- ## [Is there a sort of "nerdy misogyny"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-sort-of-nerdy-misogyny/515810)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-sort-of-nerdy-misogyny/515810 "2009-11-05T02:14:47Z")
When I present this idea (which may not even be remotely new), I’m not saying that this type of misogyny is the most dangerous, most common, or most severe. Not even close. I think that nerds, if misogynistic, are less… --- ## [Explain the distribution of US immigrants.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-distribution-of-us-immigrants/693658)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-distribution-of-us-immigrants/693658 "2014-08-30T16:51:37Z")
In the US, there is a preponderance of Europeans along the east coast, a preponderance of Asians on the west coast, and a preponderance of Mexicans in the south/southwest. The reasons for this seem obvious: it was the … --- ## [Flu Shots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-shots/558363)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-shots/558363 "2010-10-31T16:30:22Z")
Have you gotten, or are you planning to get, a flu shot this year? --- ## [Battles your parents won't give up on.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battles-your-parents-wont-give-up-on/529945)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battles-your-parents-wont-give-up-on/529945 "2010-02-28T18:14:53Z")
When I got my own room at the age of 12, my mother told me that I should open my window before I went to sleep. I’m 24 years old right now and I have rarely left the window open before bed. I just simply forget unless it… --- ## [msmith - taking care of mentally retarded people is cleaning up 'retard shit'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msmith-taking-care-of-mentally-retarded-people-is-cleaning-up-retard-shit/69075)
**Author:** [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msmith-taking-care-of-mentally-retarded-people-is-cleaning-up-retard-shit/69075 "2001-06-22T15:36:23Z")
This isn’t going to be a huge flaming rant, so don’t bother rating it! :slight\_smile: On this thread about “jobism” in GD msmith and I have been duking it out over the heirarchy of jobs, whether a burger-flipper is less… --- ## [To the Critical Mass idiots: Watch where you're going!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-critical-mass-idiots-watch-where-youre-going/483834)
**Author:** [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2009, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-critical-mass-idiots-watch-where-youre-going/483834 "2009-08-19T12:19:51Z")
Lookit, folks, I too own a bicycle, I think bikes are a valid form of transportation, I think everyone should share the road appropriately. But you’re lucky I have decent reflexes. Because I’m in a Volvo and you’re on a… --- ## ["Gathering Storm" - Awful anti-gay marriage commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385 "2009-04-25T16:51:37Z")
Anyone else seen this ad? Andrew Sullivan posted a parody of it, and I decided to look up the original - which was almost impossible to find, there were so many parodies of it floating around. It’s an ad against same-s… --- ## [NFL Playoff Thread 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoff-thread-2026/1026372)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 600\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoff-thread-2026/1026372 "2026-02-09T06:41:06Z")
Seattle served notice on Saturday that they are the Super Bowl favorites with a dominating defensive performance against the 49ers, a 13-3 win that probably wasn’t as close as the score would indicate. Tampa Bay stayed a… --- ## [A time-traveling, hijacked MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613)
**Author:** [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613 "2009-04-27T00:21:39Z")
Yesterday, something horrible happened to me. It’s not so horrible that I can’t laugh about it now, but let me tell you—the first hour or so after it happened was literally filled with horror. As is customary in the af… --- ## [Gohmert Pyle strikes again. (Rep. Louie Gohmert Compares Gun Control to Bestiality)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gohmert-pyle-strikes-again-rep-louie-gohmert-compares-gun-control-to-bestiality/654682)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gohmert-pyle-strikes-again-rep-louie-gohmert-compares-gun-control-to-bestiality/654682 "2013-04-19T18:29:01Z")
I’ll condense and paraphrase: “You can’t limit the number of rounds in a magazine because gay marriage may lead to bestiality.” Here’s the video: With some people, everything leads back to sex with animals… --- ## [Why Does My Mustang GT's Exhaust Pop/Backfire When The Engine Is Cold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-mustang-gts-exhaust-pop-backfire-when-the-engine-is-cold/622366)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-mustang-gts-exhaust-pop-backfire-when-the-engine-is-cold/622366 "2012-05-20T11:24:26Z")
I am curious about this. I thought that backfiring occurred in vehicles that had some sort of a fuel management/choke issue. IIRC a backfire is usually produced when unburned gasoline gets into the exhaust system (muffle… --- ## [The "I guess I'm the first one up" MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607 "2011-07-18T13:59:56Z")
So I’ll start. Have I mentioned I hate humidity? and Mondays? and I am SO ready for retirement (which is still several years away)? blurf Carry on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=684&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=686&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)